Building a car for the mile

[Johntsi]

Well after Keith calling me a BMW guy for getting in the wrong side of the truck to paint lines and helping Reichen pit the evo for a few years I figure its time to build one for myself.  Originally it was just to run in BFSS, but I swapped the stock tank back in to run in PS too.  I figured I would post a few pics.

I will start with the shell



For the mile of course I had to swap on some Drag radials



Next its onto building a motor, half filled 2 liter, Custom 9.5:1 Wiseco HDs, RNR aluminum rods, ARP L19 head studs





Lightly ported and oringed head, FP5r intake and fp11 exhaust cams, Kiggly springs, MLS head gasket



Ptt twin disc



Magnus Drag intake manifold (Thanks Marco!), Shearer fab exhaust manifold, gt4202R, twin tial gates, 3.5" exhaust (still a work in process)









3.5" DSS driveshaft





Solid front roll stop, New ball joints, sway bars, sway bar links, prothane bushings throughout



Coil on plug, Magnus fuel rail, Afco radiator, Aeromotive regulator




Stock tank back in, aeromotive proseries pump, dss stage 5 rear axles.



Pics of intercooler pre-install









Core is a 4.5" Garrett core, big thanks to Ron and the rest of the crew at Shearer Fabrications.

Got the intercooler on the car and pipes cut.









Car has a 10 pt cage in it now but I think there are some modifications I will need to make to make it legal.  Still have some wiring, chute mount, EMS, plumb the fuel system, door net (replace window net) more safety equipment, and odds and ends to tie up. Roof rails are what are gonna hurt my feelings the most at this point. Hope to have the car ready for hot rod next year.  Engine should make around 1000awhp so we should have some fun with it next year.

[sabat]

Looks beautiful, nice work. See you out there in April? -Dean

[MIKE MATY]

AH OH!!!! This could get really ugly in april.

[Johntsi]

Thanks for the kind words.

Ugly, hah, more like fun, cannot have Mike having all the fun anymore.

[White Monster]

Cool build diary, good luck !!

[t russell]

very cool
terry

[jacksoni]

Although policing of such stuff is somewhat lax, 4 wheel drive is only allowed in special construction and Production categories. By definition, fuel is not allowed in Production so you are limited to gasoline (ie can't run blown fuel).  Going up in engine class is allowed but limits are to C engine size also (production supercharged). I don't know your car but if didn't have stock blower, you are then GC (non- stock supercharger) and 4 wheel drive not legal there.  Having said that, not sure how Mr Reichen managed AA runs etc. Anyway, looks like a nice build and gonna go fast regardless. Have fun. 

And having been the butt of some of his stuff you for sure have to watch out for Keith and what he calls you. 

[Johntsi]

It is a factory turbo car, hence the production supercharged class. 

It will run BG in production, it will also be able to run in Blown Fuel Super Street - /BFSS and Blown Gas Super Street - /BGSS per the ECTA rules.  Car runs on VP c16/q16 or VP Import, and at Maxton you can bring in sealed drums and pay them to pouR it in and run in gas. As far as moving up in engine sizes the ECTA allows moving up to any catagory last I checked limiting to C is a Boneville rule. 

Any of the Maxton guys feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but these are the classes we have run the evo in for years now.

Terry, whats up man, hows that truck doing.  Always enjoy speaking to you when Reichen and myself are there.

[jacksoni]

No problem with the gasoline as far as I know and with the SS categories as well. Have at it!  But Production supercharged only has classes, by definition, to C engine size.  Yes, can run any engine category higher than your displacement. I was just sort of wondering if can call it AA etc if class rules don't have that class. Course, you didn't say you were going to do that so don't take me wrong.  I probably misunderstood your first post indicating "BF" and not thinking about the SS classes. Anyway, car looks great, nice build and I am all for going fast.

[Johntsi]

I see whee I could have confused it a bit so I edited the original post.

Riechen's AA records where in SS not production though.

[t russell]

I see whee I could have confused it a bit so I edited the original post.

Riechen's AA records where in SS not production though.

Correct no class for alwd
terry

[robfrey]

This seems like the car to build. What you got looks great! Good luck.

[Johntsi]

Thanks for the kind words.

Been busy with some other projects and some drag events with the other cars.  Should be back at it hard on this car the begining of the month.

[MiltonP]

Great car but I don't remember giving you the keys to my camper so how did it get in the second photo!   

Guess I am not the only one with a Leprachaun 305 mid-bath if that is what I think it is.  My 1999 stays at the Lumberton campground these days due to the generator being uncooperative.  Well that and I have gotten used to staying there....   

[TURBO KING]

WOW!!

Looks great!!

Walt